The Goldens

October 23, 2013
Squirrels tremble in her presence!
Bliss, feeling much better after a swim.
Blitz steal a stick from her mom.
Blitz and Teka romp in the snow.
Yes I know it’s about hauling logs Blitz, but now you’re just showing off.
Phanny decide the desert was good place to run and frolic!
Divya’s portrait of Blaze and Hunter.
Nellie and Blitz
Bliss: “Rarr Rarr Ruff!!!” Me: “Everyone’s a critic. Maybe next time I’ll let the sleeping dog lie.”
The golden streak! Teka.
On the Trinity River.
“Is that a grouse I see?”
It must have hurt to be that cute. Makes me kind of misty.
Nellie In Watercolor
Nellie in her youth at Iron Canyon Reservoir.
Blitz loves the snow.
Teka and her person, Doug.
Feel the love.
Mixing the canine color palette. Teka and Blitz with their lab friends.
Don’t be deceived by this angelic face. This puppy is wild little rascal.
And hunting buddies
It’s a race.
Blitz spots for me. She has seen this all before.
Nellie
Blitz at four months.
It just doesn’t seem right to not end this post with a picture of Blitz. She’s still here in spirit.
Teka can’t wait for her turn. She stakes out my truck.
Bliss at Dog Creek.
Nellie loves her sticks.
“Kinta you are not the photo editor!”
Nellie.
Water Break, Nellie and Blitz.
The Doctor Bob released her to come back to camp for our last night.
Hunter and Blaze in a sea of Ponderosa pine tree. Blitz got the day off so instead a photo of Hunter, Blitz’s dad, and Aunty Blaze.
Blitz giving her best regal pose.
Mary and Tom dog visiting Nellie at the Vet’s office. She was one sick pup, but it sure perked her up seeing us.
Blitz with her bag.
Sailor and Kinta are ready for an adventure.
Blitz says, her critical period is pheasant season.
Tim, Teka and Blitz.
August 6, 2006 — April 25, 2014
Blitz’s last hunt with us.
Looking good.
Blitz chills after an exhausting day of events. “Don’t get up Blitz, but I need to get into the refrigerator!”
That’s not a flower either, but it is wild.
Phanny swimming!
Blitz gets a “little” love. 🙂
Phanny and Bliss playing in the Yellowstone River.
“Can I get out of the truck please.”
Sailor and Kinta find this whole adventure thing quite exhausting.
The race is on! Teka.
Tasha and Bliss at Sly Park Reservoir.
Sunset from our campsite in Idaho on the second night.
Sailor thinks Phanny should shake somewhere else.
Blitz and Teka out in the woods.
“Don’t you make that face at me Blitz…you are a bad dog!”
Blitz goes back to what she does best.
After a security sweep by Blitz it was determined that this log deck was clear of ferocious jack rabbits.
From left to right, Tasha, Phanny, Bliss and Sailor.
On the road home and Blitz is dreaming of ducks.
Teka Playing in the snow
When we got home she had to go back into the hospital.
Blitz has a lively pheasant.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
She was still that little puppy at heart.
Tasha enjoys a romp in the Nevada desert. lots of room to run.
Blitz sits on the same stump in 2014.
Catching a nap.
Blitz the happy dog.
Thanks Kinta! I’m glad you needed to go potty this morning.
Teka and Blitz train for the hunt tests.
Blitz on a water retrieve.
Hawk during his last pheasant season.
On the Upper Sacramento River.
Bliss is helping with the log quality control. She offer to take care of the tiny log and left me the big ones.
Bliss, Tasha and Sailor in Montana.
Bliss at the Gallatin River, Montana. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
This looks like trouble, Bliss and Phanny!
Blitz likes a good ride along, but don’t take her seat!
Hawk and Blitz were best buddies.
Bliss and Tasha in the Sierra.
This was the site of the Little Giant Mill log deck.
Me: “Well, what do you think?” Bliss: “Sniff, sniff.”
My sons and Nellie.
Blitz joyfully returns with a bird.
Whoop whoop
Bliss
She took to the water right away.
Time for the boys to watch from afar.
Mary and Blitz take a stroll on the beach.
Bliss one year old.
Being a forester’s dog is exhausting.
In the twilight.
My oldest son, Chris with his girl Nellie. This was her last pheasant season.
Blitz loved the woods.
The morning ritual, ” Hey I need some attention here!” Nellie.
Blitz finds a fish for me. “Hey Blitz that one is dead.”
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
“Squirrel, gotta go!”
The girls are loaded up and ready to roll.
Hawk
Blaze impatiently waits for her driver.
Nellie
Nellie and Blitz.
A soft seat after a busy day feels so good. Blitz
Just hanging out.
Once she was back home again she made the best of it.
She loves playing with her buddy Sailor.
Pine seedlings in a burn restoration. That’s me with Blaze and Hunter in 2006.
Phanny, Bliss, and Tasha decided Mary makes for good playground equipment.
Teka with the wind in her face.
Blitz and Teka came too. There were lots of dogs in attendance.
The big stick contest. Blitz and Nellie
Ponderosa burn fire salvage. Santee.
Blitz and Teka on the beach near Brookings.
Blitz and Nellie taking a break for a swim at Lake Prairie
Blitz loves a shaded fuelbreak. So many sticks, so little time.
Well this isn’t going well.
Phanny joined us for some pre-season scouting.
Looking down the hill at our pond with Sailer, Tasha and Bliss.
Redtail’s Nitro Nellie just being “Boopie”
February 19, 2006
I had a companion on this day. Tessa, our friends dog got to be a forester’s dog for a day.
The pack!
Nellie and Blitz
Blitz decided she would just wait in the truck during. She figured the bear would be full after a yummy forester meal.
A happy girl. Blaze and Hunter.
You had to know this would happen.
Blitz would prefer to ride up front.
There’s gold under that rainbow.
Tasha and Bliss stop for a drink.
Blitz, the red dog!
Blitz grazes during a break.
With Burney Mountain in the background, Nellie strikes a lovely pose. She is one of my favorite models. Nellie is very co-operative and will work for dog biscuits.
Bliss loves to play and Tasha isn’t immune.
We didn’t know it yet, but Bliss was one sick puppy. She had chewed a toxic mushroom in the morning. In the afternoon we knew something was wrong and headed for the vet.
Blitz
Hunter in 2002
“Hey lazy dog, you’re sleeping on my sketchbook!”
Kinta is the truck dog today, since Blitz had a doctors appointment.
Hunter motto was “It’s good to be Hunter!”
May 5, 2001
Hunter and the big pine.
Big pine in the Coast Range.
Teka was born to hunt birds.
Blitz know that she better be rolling in the snow while she still can.
Blitz is happiest while doing her work.
The consumate stick dog.
Blitz says, “Can’t trust em’, they remind me of cats!”
Meet Skidder, and no he’s not my dog. He belongs to the logging crew I was visiting. Yes, I gave him back.
Bliss, Sailor and Tasha the three amigos.
It seems Blitz is not impressed. 😦
Blitz
Bliss
Bliss says to beware of predators hiding along the riverbank!
At a stop near Rye Patch Reservoir to stretch their legs, Sailor wanted to explore every smell.
Teka and Blitz were busy plotting against His Excellency!
Refreshing. Nellie.
Blitz
Me and Blitz.
Doug and Teka.
Flying high.
This is where we escape. Mary give Blitz a snuggle.
The forester’s dog and the loggers dog.
Phanny on the run! As usual.

32 thoughts on “The Goldens”

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  3. Oh my gosh!! Every one of these was wonderful! That first picture of Nellie is still a favorite that I’ve seen here. There are five dogs in one picture. Did you really have five dogs at one time? We had four, but only have one left. I pine for more dogs. Blaze and Hunter up close are adorable, I love Blaze on the truck cab, and your artwork is so good. Really enjoyable, Tim.

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  5. I just come from Yvonne who posted a poem for you. Pictures of your dogs are wonderful. I lost two of my dogs recently, Lady was 7 and Fanny who died in January 14. I still have a little fellow of 12 years’ old. I am glad I found your blog

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  7. Your dogs are lovely. They have lovely color!!! In Sweden our Goldens are usually much lighter. It is a nice combination: dogs an watercolors 🙂 Like that!

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    • Thanks you so much. We definitely favor the red golden retrievers. Our dogs are hunting dogs and run in events. Most goldens that come from hunting lines here favor the darker colors, but there are many that are lighter too. We have raised them for many years and enjoy thier company enormously. I can see by your blog that you too enjoy your dogs very very much. 🙂

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  9. Lovely rich red coloured goldies, in UK they are more cream coloured, though we do get some real ‘goldies’ more the working strain as yours appear to be. lovely pictures with each one telling a story.

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  12. Hey Tim,
    LOVE the beautiful pictures 🙂 We would love to know if you and Mary are still breeding… Our 10 year old Red Tail golden, Kona is precious to us and looking to add another someday to our family. Thank you for your time.

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  14. We bought a lighter Golden puppy a few years ago when our daughter first came to live with us out of foster care, but my husband and son are the ones who became obsessed with her. She is such an amazing dog. Yours are gorgeous.

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